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Culture-Independent Diagnosis of Bacterial and Fungal DNA in Blood, Other Body Fluids and Tissues

Culture-independent, CE IVD-marked diagnosis of pathogens of 200 bacterial and 65 fungal genera in tissue biopsies, blood and other body fluids more

News Fungi

• The invisibility cloak of a fungus
  

  While viruses and bacteria regularly manage to infect the human organism, fungi only very rarely succeed. The reason for this is that the human immune system can recognize them very easily because their cells are surrounded by a solid cell wall of chitin and other complex sugars. Chitin is, so to sp more

• Fungus produces active agent in a medicinal herb
  

  Tatarinow's aster is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat a number of ailments; the plant contains an active ingredient known as astin – and it is this agent which cancer researchers are now investigating. However, the plant does not produce the astins itself, as was assumed for a long time more

• Babies burdened by environmental estrogens in mothers' wombs
  

  Early childhood life in the womb is particularly sensitive to the effects of environmental pollutants. A team from Empa and the University of Vienna has now for the first time been able to show how a pollutant from contaminated food - the environmental estrogen zearalenone - spreads in the womb and more

White papers Fungi

• New GS FLX Titanium Series Paired End Sequencing Improved De Novo Sequencing for High Quality Genome Assembly
  

  Roche Applied Science has launched the latest update to the Genome Sequencer FLX System, the new GS FLX Titanium Library Paired End Adaptors for improved whole genome de novo sequencing. Widely recognized as the platform of choice for de novo sequenc more

Infographics Fungi

A Brief Summary of Disinfectants & Antiseptics

Ever wondered what compounds help kitchen cleaners keep your kitchen surfaces bacteria free? Or about the compounds that help antiseptic creams do their job? In this graphic, we take a look at some of the compounds used for antisepsis and disinfection, and where they’re commonly used. more

Publications Fungi

• Duplication of a Pks gene cluster and subsequent functional diversification facilitate environmental adaptation in Metarhizium species

  by Guohong Zeng, Peng Zhang, Qiangqiang Zhang, Hong Zhao, Zixin Li, Xing Zhang, Chengshu Wang, Wen-Bing Yin, Weiguo Fang The ecological importance of the duplication and diversification of gene clusters that synthesize secondary metabolites in fungi remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate more

• Marine Drugs, Vol. 16, Pages 223: Elucidation of the Relationship between CD Cotton Effects and the Absolute Configuration of Sixteen Stereoisomers of Spiroheterocyclic-Lactams

  Marine Drugs, Vol. 16, Pages 223: Elucidation of the Relationship between CD Cotton Effects and the Absolute Configuration of Sixteen Stereoisomers of Spiroheterocyclic-Lactams Marine Drugs doi: 10.3390/md16070223 Authors: Takeshi Yamada Tetsuya Kajimoto Takashi Kikuchi Reiko Tanaka more

• Marine Drugs, Vol. 16, Pages 221: Seaweed Extract (Stella Maris®) Activates Innate Immune Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana and Protects Host against Bacterial Pathogens

  Marine Drugs, Vol. 16, Pages 221: Seaweed Extract (Stella Maris®) Activates Innate Immune Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana and Protects Host against Bacterial Pathogens Marine Drugs doi: 10.3390/md16070221 Authors: Jamie Cook Janie Zhang Jeff Norrie Bachar Blal Zhenyu Cheng I more